te reo

Maori’s are a huge culture in New Zealand. Let’s say if you come to New Zealand for the rugby world cup and you played for America you would get a traditional welcoming like a Haka which is a Maori dance spoken in Maori. If you would like to see a Haka you could search up Maori Haka’s on YouTube or the All Blacks haka. Our Maori tradition is a big thing in New Zealand we dress up in heaps of different uniforms and everything. Just like America have their own native Americans we have Maori’s and Maori’s have heaps of different tribes so our culture is almost like yours but we have different uniforms languages and lets say different beliefs. This is how you count to ten in Maori:


Numbers in Maori.
One Tahi
Two Rua
Three Toru
Four Wha
Five Rima
Six Ono
Seven Whitu
Eight Waru
Nine Iwa
Ten Tekau.

Days and month in Te Reo Maori.

January-kohi-tatea
February-hui-tanguru
march-poutu-te-rangi
April-peanga-whawha
may-haratou
June-Pipiri
July-hongongoi
august-here-tori-koka
September-mahuru
October-whiringa-a-nuku
November-whiringa-a-rangi
December-hakihea

Monday-Rahina
Thuesday-Ratu
Wednesday-Raapa
Thursday-Rapare
Friday-Ramere
Saturday-Rahoroi
Sunday-Ratapu

toku pepeha
ko takitemu te waka
ko kaihoata te awa
ko temaipi te pae maunga
ko ngati kahangunu te iwi
ko te ore ore te marae
ko ngati tumapuhia - a - pangi te hapu

ko taiawho waaka raua ko hera hana tikara oku tipuna.
ko te whetu waaka raua ko carole mcleod oku matua tipuna ko stephan longshaw raua ko hera waaka oku matua ko joshua ahau no reira tena kotau, tena kotau tena kotau katoa.

Here is a video of me saying my Mihi Mhi